3 OCTOBER | Saturday | 9:00 pm

Teatro Municipal de Bragança
The Carnival of the Animals
Music and Humor

PROGRAM

1st Part

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Flute Quartet N.º 1, K. 285
1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Rondeau (Allegretto)

Rodion Shchedrin (1932 – 2025)
Three Funny Pieces
1. Conversation
2. Let’s Play an Opera by Rossini!
3. Humoresque

Dmitri Schostakovich (1906 – 1975)
5 Pieces for Violin, Viola and Piano
1. Prelude
2. Gavotte
3. Elegy
4. Waltz
5. Polka

Srul Irving Glick (1934 – 2002)
The Klezmer’s Wedding

2nd Part

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921)
The Carnival of the Animals – Grand Zoological Fantasy*
1. Introduction and Royal March of the Lion
2. Hens and Roosters
3. Wild Asses (Swift Animals)
4. Tortoises
5. The Elephant
6. Kangaroos
7. Aquarium
8. Characters with Long Ears
9. The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods
10. Aviary
11. Pianists
12. Fossils
13. The Swan
14. Final

 

*Texts by Francis Blanche (1921–1974): new version based on the translation by António Mega Ferreira (1949–2022)